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2/24/2015 12:59PM

Ousted Yemeni President Rallies Anti-Rebel Support

Protests against Houthi rebels erupted in Yemen's capital city on Monday, as news spread that the country's ousted president had escaped house arrest and was rallying support against the armed militia.

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... a recent power grab by Houthi rebels in Yemen is facing serious challenges in its widespread anger ... to take over the government's president of that rubble months or Heidi has been under house arrest in the capital Sanaa after rebels overtook his presidential palace and he resided on January twenty seconds ... but sometime over the last several day is the ousted president is eight to southern Yemen and claimed he was still the country's legitimate president ... demonstrators took to the streets and on Wednesday ... to protest the actions by the Houthi rebels ... reading signs with slogans such as go to the article says ... yes to a modern sit stay ... and go to ... Mr Party ... a Sunni Muslim has been meeting with representatives of Yemen's political parties and seven tribes seeking their help they can come back ... to support is mainly in the second book The Truth these Shiite Islam offshoot ... coming from Gordon and ... its intent to retaking power is likely to exacerbate longstanding tensions between the country's northern ... and southern regions ... been been been ... been been been